Lula Begins Term Saying It Makes No Sense to Import Fuels and Oil Platforms, Which Could Lead to Changes in Petrobras' Oil and Natural Gas Platform Contracting Policy

Lula Begins Term Saying It Makes No Sense to Import Fuels and Oil Platforms, Which Could Lead to Changes in Petrobras’ Oil and Natural Gas Platform Contracting Policy

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 02/01/2023 at 17:35

Updated on 02/01/2023 at 22:31

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President Lula Says It Makes No Sense To Import Fuels And Oil Platforms In His Speech

In the National Congress, newly elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva read his entire speech, in which he states that Brazil is a very large country to continue importing fuels, fertilizers, oil platforms, microprocessors, aircraft, and satellites. According to him, the nation has sufficient technical capacity, capital, and market to restore the growth of industrialization and services at a competitive level.

What Consequences To Expect For The Oil And Gas Sector After President Lula’s Speech?

President Lula’s speech may represent a shift in Petrobras’ policy for hiring platforms for the production of oil and natural gas. In previous PT governments, this production required local content indexes and the construction and occupation of national shipyards for their orders. Part of these orders was investigated by Operation Lava Jato, resulting in arrests, testimonies, the return of funds, and the closure of a significant portion of Brazil’s industrial park.

Petrobras Has Projects To Be Carried Out During President Lula’s Term

Last week, Petrobras announced the beginning of the contracting process for two production units of the FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) type, or platform ship, for the shared reservoirs of Atapu and Sépia. The process is scheduled to receive proposals in July 2023 and start production in 2028.

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Lula Begins Term Saying It Makes No Sense to Import Fuels and Oil Platforms, Which Could Lead to Changes in Petrobras’ Oil and Natural Gas Platform Contracting Policy

President Lula Says It Makes No Sense To Import Fuels And Oil Platforms In His Speech

What Consequences To Expect For The Oil And Gas Sector After President Lula’s Speech?

Petrobras Has Projects To Be Carried Out During President Lula’s Term

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Lula Begins Term Saying It Makes No Sense to Import Fuels and Oil Platforms, Which Could Lead to Changes in Petrobras’ Oil and Natural Gas Platform Contracting Policy

President Lula Says It Makes No Sense To Import Fuels And Oil Platforms In His Speech

What Consequences To Expect For The Oil And Gas Sector After President Lula’s Speech?

Petrobras Has Projects To Be Carried Out During President Lula’s Term

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A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

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